People
Vanessa Williams
- Name: Vanessa Williams
- Birthday: 1963-03-18
- Also known as: Vanessa L. William,Vanessa Lynn Williams
- Place of birth: Tarrytown, New York, USA
- Popularity: 1.5259
Biography:
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, producer, dancer, and model. She was the first Black woman to win Miss America in 1984, but resigned after nude photos of her were published in Penthouse magazine. Williams has since had a successful career in music and acting, selling millions of albums and earning critical acclaim.
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field as Self | 2024-09-20 |
| The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-13 |
| Tripped Up as Patricia Chamberlain | 2023-10-20 |
| Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best as Self | 2023-05-12 |
| Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space as Narrator (voice) | 2023-01-17 |
| Show of Titles as "Dear World" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
| Bad Hair as Zora | 2021-05-05 |
| Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side | 2020-12-05 |
| There She Is | 2020-10-21 |
| Singleholic as Jackie Chisolm | 2020-03-27 |
| Miss Virginia as Sally Rae | 2019-10-18 |
| Batman: Hush as Amanda Waller (voice) | 2019-07-19 |
| The Legend of Hallowaiian as Fire Goddess (voice) | 2018-10-18 |
| Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay as Amanda Waller (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
| The Man from Earth: Holocene as Carolyn | 2017-10-13 |
| Not Black Enough as Self | 2017-04-28 |
| VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night as Self | 2016-12-05 |
| The Secret She Kept as Beverly | 2016-07-10 |
| Show Boat as Julie LaVerne | 2015-10-16 |
| The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae Watts | 2014-03-08 |
| He's Way More Famous Than You as Vanessa Williams | 2013-05-10 |
| Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor as Janice | 2013-03-29 |
| A Mother's Love as Rochelle Richardson | 2011-02-22 |
| Hannah Montana: The Movie as Vita | 2009-04-10 |
| Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade as Self | 2008-12-25 |
| And Then Came Love as Julie | 2007-01-01 |
| Rehearsing a Dream as Self | 2006-08-25 |
| My Brother as L'Tisha Morton | 2006-01-01 |
| Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade as Self | 2005-12-25 |
| Gift for the Living as Narrator | 2005-11-01 |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
| Christmas in Washington | 2004-12-15 |
| The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Johnson Family Vacation as Dorothy Johnson | 2004-04-07 |
| Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self (archive footage) | 2004-03-06 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 |
| Keep the Faith, Baby as Hazel Scott | 2002-02-11 |
| It's Black Entertainment as Self - Host | 2002-02-08 |
| Santa, Baby! as Alicia (voice) | 2001-12-17 |
| WW3 as M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams) | 2001-07-12 |
| A Diva's Christmas Carol as Ebony Scrooge | 2000-12-13 |
| Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends as Herself | 2000-09-05 |
| Afrocentricity as Self | 2000-08-01 |
| Shaft as Carmen Vasquez | 2000-06-15 |
| Don Quixote as Dulcinea / Aldonza | 2000-04-09 |
| The Courage to Love as Mother Henriette Delille | 2000-01-24 |
| Shaft: Still the Man as Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Light It Up as Audrey McDonald | 1999-11-04 |
| The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as Queen of Trash | 1999-10-01 |
| Futuresport as Alexandra 'Alex' Torres | 1999-09-30 |
| Dance with Me as Ruby Sinclair | 1998-08-21 |
| Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia as Self | 1998-06-09 |
| Soul Food as Teri | 1997-09-26 |
| Hoodlum as Francine Hughes | 1997-08-27 |
| The Odyssey as Calypso | 1997-05-19 |
| Eraser as Lee Cullen | 1996-06-21 |
| Bye Bye Birdie as Rose Alvarez | 1995-12-03 |
| Nothing Lasts Forever as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | 1995-11-04 |
| Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II as Self | 1995-03-06 |
| Score with Chicks | 1994-01-01 |
| Stompin' at the Savoy as Pauline | 1992-04-19 |
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Lulu Daniels | 1991-08-23 |
| Another You as Gloria | 1991-07-26 |
| The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Lynette Parks | 1990-12-14 |
| Seriously... Phil Collins as Rachel - TV Executive | 1990-09-08 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Terri Knight | 1990-05-20 |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as Valentine Hayward | 1989-02-05 |
| Under the Gun as Samantha Richards | 1988-04-25 |
| The Pick-up Artist as Rae, Girl with Dog | 1987-09-18 |
